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Published: June 23, 2013

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The following were sentenced by Pike County President Judge Joseph F. Kameen:

-âKristin Strouse, 29, DingÂ­mans Ferry, 40 months to seven years in a state correctional facility, $2,000 fine, more than $21,000 in restitution for burglary, criminal conspiracy, and receiving stolen property in November in Matamoras.

-âKevin Panowicz, 26, Milford, nine to 18 months in a state correctional facility, $400 fine and driver's license suspension for delivery of a non-controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance on July 23 in Dingman Twp.

-âMichele Fregoni, 38, GreenÂ­town, two to 23 months in the Pike County Correctional Facility and $900 fine for simple assault and public drunkenness on Oct. 1 in Palmyra Twp.

-âJermaine Williams, 29, Bronx, N.Y., 14 to 28 days in the Pike County Correctional Facility and $800 fine for unsworn falsifications to authorities and multiple motor vehicle code violations on July 5.

-âGerard Egger, 40, Lake Ariel, nine months and 90 days to five years in a state correctional facility, $2,000 fine and 18 months' driver's license suspension for DUI and driving while operating privileges were suspended on Oct. 19 in Palmyra Twp.

-âKevin Thompson, 19, Milford, 48 hours to 12 months in the Pike County Correctional Facility and $500 fine for criminal trespass on July 8 in DingÂ­man Twp.

-âDevlin Ravert, 23, GreenÂ­town, five to 10 years in a state correctional facility and $500 fine for robbery on July 29 in Greene Twp.

-âEdward Guratowsky, 25, Greely, six to 23 months in the Pike County Correctional Facility followed by 12 months' probation, $500 fine and six months' driver's license suspension for delivery of a controlled substance on Sept. 1, 2010, in Blooming Grove Twp.

The following were sentenced by Wayne County President Judge Raymond L. Hamill:

-âWarren A. Montgomery, 32, Philadelphia, 41 days to six months in the Wayne County Correctional Facility, $1,000 fine, a drug and alcohol evaluation and an alcohol highway safety program for DUI on Sept. 2 in Lehigh Twp.

-âDavid Lee Kilmer, 30, Clifford, 12 to 48 months in the Wayne County Correctional Facility, $1,000 fine, an anger management program and a mental health evaluation for two counts of simple assault and one count each of terroristic threats, false imprisonment and criminal mischief on Nov. 1 and March 27 in Clinton Twp.

-âMichael L. Moon, 44, Hawley, 30 days to six months in the Wayne County CorrecÂ­tional Facility, $1,000 fine, 50 hours of community service, a drug and alcohol evaluation and an alcohol highway safety program for DUI on Jan. 3, 2012, in Palmyra Twp.

-âJacob P. Harvey, 33, SomerÂ­set, N.J., six months' probation, $300 fine and 20 hours of community service for harassment between Feb. 8, 2010, and March 12, 2012, in Honesdale.

-âDannie Alan Pickard, 29, Lake Ariel, 72 hours to six months in the Wayne County Correctional Facility, $1,000 fine, a drug and alcohol evaluation and an alcohol highway safety program for DUI on Dec. 22 in Honesdale.

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